1. HSBC Holdings plc
Type Public limited company
SEHK: 005
Traded as LSE: HSBA NYSE: HBCEuronext: HSB BSX:1077223879
Industry Banking
Financial services
Investment services
Founded 1991[1]
(HSBC Holdings plc)
1865[2]
(The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)
Founder(s) Sir Thomas Sutherland
Headquarters 8 Canada Square,
Canary Wharf,
London, United Kingdom[3]
Number of locations 7,500 offices in 87 countries & territories[4]
Area served Worldwide
Key people Douglas Flint
(Group Chairman)
Stuart Gulliver
(Group Chief Executive)

2. Products Finance and insurance
Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Global Wealth Management
Private Equity
Mortgages
Credit Cards
Revenue US$ 98.918 billion (2010)[5]
Operating income US$ 19.037 billion (2010)[5]
Profit US$ 13.159 billion (2010)[5]
Total assets US$ 2.454 trillion (2010)[5]
Total equity US$ 147.667 billion (2010)[5]
Employees 306,300 (2010)[5]
Subsidiaries HSBC Bank plc
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
HSBC GLT India
HSBC Bank USA
HSBC Bank Middle East
HSBC Mexico
HSBC Bank Brazil
HSBC Finance
Website HSBC.com

3. HSBC Holdings plc (Chinese: 滙豐控股有限公司) is a global banking
and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United
Kingdom.[3] As of 2011, it was the world's second-largest banking and financial
services group and second-largest public company[6] according to a composite
measure by Forbesmagazine.[7][8] It has around 7,500 offices in 87 countries and
territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and
around 100 million customers.[4][9] As of 30 June 2010, it had total assets of
$2.418 trillion, of which roughly half were in Europe, a quarter in the Americas
and a quarter in Asia.[5]
HSBC Holdings plc was founded in London in 1991 by The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation to act as a new group holding company and to
enable the acquisition of UK-based Midland Bank.[1] The origins of the bank lie in
Hong Kong and Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865.[2] Today,
HSBC remains the largest bank in Hong Kong, and recent expansion in mainland
China, where it is now the largest international bank, has returned it to that part of
its roots.[9][10]
HSBC is a universal bank and is organised within four business groups:
Commercial Banking; Global Banking and Markets (investment banking);
Personal Financial Services (retail banking); and Private Banking.[11]
HSBC's primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of
the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange (where it is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index), the New York Stock
Exchange, Euronext Paris and the Bermuda Stock Exchange. As of August 2010, it
was the largest company listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a market
capitalisation of £115.8 billion.[12]